So-called "realist" photography does not capture the "what is." Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of suffering for example.

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

Yes, Rose. Love is a wonderful feeling!

So what, ghosts can't hurt you. That's what I thought then.

Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.

I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it's a lie already at work.

You've already put more than enough energy into worry. That's all women have been allowed to do, historically.

Seeker of truth follow no path all paths lead where truth is here.

We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.

I tell you, the economy is in bad shape. In fact, the economy is so bad, President Barack Obama's new slogan is 'Spare Change You Can Believe In.'

Life is love and love is life.

You have to make rough decisions with sequencing and work within the limitations of having good audio for 15 minutes on a vinyl side.